Polyglot Dictionary

Onkel

/ˈɔŋkl̩/

der noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Onkel

Meaning

  1. uncle

    • Mein Onkel wohnt in der Schweiz.

      My uncle lives in Switzerland.

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

French

oncle

oncle is the French word for the same thing — both mean "uncle."

Portuguese

tio

tio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "uncle."

Practice

1 What does Onkel mean?

2 Fill the gap: Mein ___ wohnt in der Schweiz.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Onkel?

See also

nouncore-vocabularyfamily

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